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Brendan talks about a few classic games he knows and what he thinks about them. Join us, won’t you? Chess  (1475) Searching for Bobby Fischer Go  (-2200) Checkers  (1150) 500  (1904) Bridge  (1925) Poker  (1810) Backgammon  (1630) Rich Sommer’s CARDBOARD! Stratego  (1946) Risk  (1959) Axis & Allies  (1981) Rummikub  (1977) Scrabble  (1948) Yahtzee  (1956) Monopoly  (1935) Clue  (1969) Sleuth  ...

Brendan talks about three games he’s played recently for the first time, and one game he dusted off. Join us, won’t you? Rhino Hero: Super Battle Suburbia Antiquity Quest Dungeon Petz   (1 Year, 8 Months, 12 Days dusty) What games have you tried lately? Share over on  boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

On this, the 666th episode of Pick Up & Deliver, Brendan talks about games themed around demons and devils. Join us, won’t you? Devil’s Run: Route 666  (2016) Demonic workplaces Demon Worker  (2016) The Good Place Good Omens Dealing with the Devil Deal with the Devil  (2022) Faust The Devil Went Down to Georgia Bedazzled Oh God, You Devil Protecting a village from an onslaught of demons Ghost...

Brendan talks about three games he played recently for the first time, and one he dusted off. Join us, won’t you? Blokus Trigon  (2006) Blokus  (2000) Casino Yahtzee  (1986) Switch & Signal  (2020) Favor of the Pharaoh  (2015) (revisited) What games have you played recently? Share your plays over on  boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Brendan talks about what games he played in November. Join us, won’t you? October Top of the Stack list Bora Bora Circadians: First Light Linko! Android: Infiltration Shelf of Opportunity Out of the Dust list Dorfromantik: The Board Game  (2022) November Top of the Stack list Funny Friends Spirits of the Rice Paddy Hand-to-Hand Wombat Badass Zombie Killers What games have you been playing? Share y...

Brendan shares part 4 (of 4) of his spooky games rundown. This episode is all about Zombies. Join us, won’t you? Zombies!!!  (2001) Oh No… Zombies!  (2009) Zombie-opoly  (2012) Zombie House Blitz  (2014) I Hate Zombies  (2015) Badass Zombie Killers  (2013) Zombie Dice  (2010) Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game  (2007) City of Horror  (2012) Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game  (2014) Dead of Winte...

Brendan explores the third of four groups of games you might call “spooky.” Join us, won’t you? Cthulhu Gloom  (2011) Cthulhu Dice  (2010) Tides of Madness  (2016) Arkham Horror: The Card Game  (2016) Arkham Horror  (2005) Arkham Horror (Third Edition)  (2018) Elder Sign  (2011) Eldritch Horror  (2013) A Study in Emerald  (2013) AuZtralia  (2018) Bureau of Investigation: Investigations in Arkham &...

Brendan talks about three games he played for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you? Dorfromantik: The Board Game  (2022) Ingenious  (2004) Ingenious Challenges  (2010) Carpe Diem  (2018) Bark Avenue  (2023) What games have you tried recently? Head over to  Boardgamegeek guild #3269  and share your plays!

Brendan talks about his non-scary Halloween games in this second part of his Spooky Game series. Join us, won’t you? Potion Explosion  (2015) One Night Ultimate Werewolf  (2014) Werewords Deluxe Edition  (2018) Broom Service  (2015) The Big Book of Madness  (2015) Mythic Mischief  (2022) My Father’s Work  (2022) Moongha Invaders: Mad Scientists and Atomic Monsters Attack the Earth!  (2010) Gloom  ...

Brendan talks a bit about three games he’s tried for the first time recently. Join us, won’t you? A Fake Artist Goes to New York  (2011) The Chameleon  (2017) Master Dater  (2022) Apples to Apples  (1999) Joking Hazard  (2016) Orléans: Invasion  (2015) Orléans  (2014) Orléans: The Plague  (2023) Dastardly Dirigibles  (2016) What games have you played lately? Head over to  Boardgamegeek in Guild #3...

Brendan starts a four-part series talking about all the spooky games he owns. Join us, won’t you? Betrayal at House on the Hill  (2004) Betrayal Legacy  (2018) Vagrantsong  (2022) Shark Island  (2017) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Board Game  (2016) The Bloody Inn  (2015) Till Dawn  (2014) Terror in Meeple City  (2013) Hako Onna  (2016) Fury of Dracula (Third/Fourth Edition)  (2015) What spooky ga...

Brendan chats about the films he watched in July and August of 2024. Join us, won’t you? Split Glass Heroes Wanted  (2014) Sentinels of the Multiverse  (2011) Wicked Little Letters Marrying Mr. Darcy  (2014) Death on the Tyne Murder on the Blackpool Express Mystery! Motive for Murder  (2015) Riverside  (2021) Slingshot Panic Station  (2011) Win, Lose, or Banana  (2009) What movies did you watch in...

Brendan talks about three games he tried for the first time recently, and one he dusted off. Join us, won’t you? Keyflower And That’s How I Died Gloom Stuff and Nonsense Scotland Yard  (revisited) Whitehall Mystery  (2017) Perspectives What games have you played recently? Share your plays over at  boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Brendan discusses his September gameplay experience. Join us, won’t you? Top of the Stack, September 2024 NEW GAME –  El Grande ✓ SHELF CLEARER –  Five Points: Gangs of New York NEW GAME 2 –  Antiquity Quest ✓ TRYING AGAIN CHOICE –  Switch & Signal ✓ Shelf of Opportunity Top of the Stack, October 2024 NEW GAME –  Bora Bora SHELF CLEARER –  Circadians: First Light NEW GAME 2 –  Linko! TRYING AG...

Brendan talks about different types of games that make his brain melt. Join us, won’t you? Many Meanings Coimbra Cascadia Praga Caput Regni Many Choices Pax Pamir 2nd Edition Pax Renaissance Nanty Narking Hard Decisions Race for the Galaxy Mottainai Glory to Rome Big Systems On Mars Inventions: Evolution of Ideas Not Quite Enough Underwater Cities Trickerion: Legends of Illusion Praga Caput Regni...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he played for the first time recently, and one he dusted off. Join us, won’t you? AQUA: Biodiversity in the Oceans  (2024) The A.R.T. Project  (2023) Ziggurat  (2024) Power Grid  (2004) (revisited) What do you think of these games? Share your thoughts over on  boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .

Brendan talks a bit about games whose instructions, form factor, or theme deceive players as they sit down at the table. Join us, won’t you? Deceptively Short:  Munchkin ,  Carpe Diem ,  Altiplano Deceptively Long:  Mottainai ,  Cerebria ,  Pax Pamir 2nd edition ,  Pax Renaissance 2nd edition Deceptively Hard:  7 Wonders Deceptively Easy:  Wingspan Box Size:  Innovation ,  Mottainai Theme:  Founde...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried out recently, and one expansion. Join us, won’t you? Gartenbau Haven Orléans: Invasion  (Expansion) Burn the Fort What do you think of these games? Share your thoughts over in the  Pick Up & Deliver guild, #3269 .

Brendan shares his game play stats from September of 2024. Join us, won’t you? Top of the Stack, August 2024 NEW GAME –  Aquatica ✓ SHELF CLEARER –  Dastardly Dirigibles ✓ NEW GAME 2 –  Leaf ✓ TRYING AGAIN CHOICE –  Switch & Signal Shelf of Opportunity Expand Yourshelf Top of the Stack, September 2024 NEW GAME –  El Grande SHELF CLEARER –  Five Points: Gangs of New York NEW GAME 2 –  Antiquity...

Brendan responds to a listener question about when board game experiments work or are admirable. Join us, won’t you? Gabriel Edge asks this question in  our Boardgame Geek Forum : What are some experiments in board games that you really liked? What are some experiments in board games that you appreciated/admired (even if you didn’t like the game)? And the bigger question, when does a board game pu...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he tried recently, and his re-impression of one he dusted off. Join us, won’t you? Metro  (1997) Tsuro  (2005) Indigo  (2012) Samurai  (1998) Samurai Spirit  (2014) Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles – Episodes 1 & 2  (2022) What do you think of these games? Did Brendan get it right or wrong? Share your thoughts over on  Boardgamegeek in guild...

Brendan shares his favorite moments from Gencon 2024. Join us, won’t you? Gencon Haul Revive: Call of the Abyss  (2023) Ark Nova: Zoo Map Pack 1  (2022) A Touch of Evil: The Coast – ‘Haunted Shores’ Game Supplement  (2020) A Touch of Evil: Something Wicked – Dark Revelations Game Supplement  (2020) Last Night on Earth ‘Advanced Abilities’ Supplement  (2010) Burn the Fort  (2023) Freedom: The Under...

Brendan reflects on the books he read in April, May, and June of 2024. Join us, won’t you? The Toll  by Cherie Priest Arkham Horror: The Card Game  (2016) The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz Watson & Holmes  (2015) Geek Love  by Katherine Dunn The Bloody Inn: The Carnies  (2017) The Magnificent  (2019) Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books  by Kirsten Miller The Annihilation Score  and...

Brendan shares his gameplay stats from July of 2024 and gets ready for August. Join us, won’t you? Top of the Stack, July 2024 NEW GAME –  Terrors of London X SHELF CLEARER –  Space Freaks X SOLO –  Warp’s Edge ✓ TRYING AGAIN CHOICE –  Switch & Signal X Shelf of Opportunity Expand YourShelf Top of the Stack, August 2024 NEW GAME –  Aquatica SHELF CLEARER –  Dastardly Dirigibles NEW GAME 2 –  L...

Brendan shares his first impressions of three games he played recently. Join us, won’t you? Body of Evidence: Best Served Cold  (2023) The Palaces of Carrara  (2012) Heroscape Master Set: Rise of the Valkyrie  (2004) (revisited) Warp’s Edge  (2020) What games have you tried lately? Share your gaming over on  Boardgamegeek in guild #3269 .